WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King Releases Statement on Vote to Avoid Government Shutdown WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senator Angus King today released the below statement following his vote to advance a Continuing Resolution funding the government and averting a government shutdown "This afternoon the Senate has to take a very important and difficult vote. It's a choice between two terrible options: the no good, very bad Conti  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen-Collins Legislation to Restore DC Funding Passes Senate Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) released the following statement regarding the Senate's passage of legislation he and Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) authored to fix the Republican funding bill provision that caps D.C.'s use of its own local funding : "The District of Columbia should be able to make its own decisi  more